{"id":6428,"date":"2020-11-24T17:11:20","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T11:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mymedicplus.com\/news\/?p=6428"},"modified":"2022-03-12T14:54:10","modified_gmt":"2022-03-12T09:24:10","slug":"does-smoking-raise-blood-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedicplus.com\/blog\/does-smoking-raise-blood-pressure\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Smoking Raise Blood Pressure?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

Source – https:\/\/www.verywellhealth.com\/<\/p>\n

Smoking raises your\u00a0blood pressure\u00a0in the short term and over a long period of time, putting both young and old smokers at high risk of developing\u00a0hypertension\u00a0(high blood pressure), compared to those who do not smoke.<\/p>\n

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A longitudinal study of nearly 29,000 people, ages 36 to 80 found that smoking not only raises blood pressure over time, but also puts you at higher risk of developing\u00a0atherosclerosis, a chronic, progressive disease in which plaques build up in the walls of\u00a0arteries. The study cites smoking as an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease.1<\/span><\/p>\n

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Smoking activates your sympathetic nervous system, which releases chemicals that swiftly increase blood pressure. Long-term smoking contributes to the development of chronic hypertension by accelerating arterial aging, or how quickly the arteries become damaged.<\/p>\n

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